Deuteronomy 25:15 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

Thou hast a stone complete and just, thou hast an ephah complete and just, so that they prolong thy days on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee;

English ASV

A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

English Amplified

But you shall have a perfect and just weight and a perfect and just measure, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the Lord your God gives you.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

But you shall have a perfect and just weight and a perfect and just measure, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the Lord your God gives you.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

You must have a full and honest weight, a full and honest dry measure, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just ephah shalt thou have; that thy days may be prolonged in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

English EASY 2024

You must keep true and honest weights. You must have bowls that measure things correctly. If you do that you will live for a long time in the land that the Lord your God is giving to you.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

You must use weights and measures that are correct and accurate. Then you will live a long time in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

A full and fair weight you shall have, a full and fair measure you shall have, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Use true and honest weights and measures, so that you may live a long time in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Use accurate and honest weights and measures. Then you will live for a long time in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

You must have a full and honest weight, a full and honest dry measure, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

English KJV 1611

But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

English LSB

You shall have a full and just weight; you shall have a full and just measure, that your days may be prolonged in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

But you must have a perfect and just weight—a perfect and just measure you must have, so that your days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"You shall have a full and just weight; you shall have a full and just measure, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

But use a true and just weight, and a true and just measure, that you may have a long life on the land which the LORD, your God, is giving you.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

You must have an accurate and correct stone weight and an accurate and correct measuring container, so that your life may be extended in the land the LORD your God is about to give you.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

You must use weights and measures that are honest and exact. Then you will live a long time in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

English NIV

You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

English NKJ 1982

You shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure, that your days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

English NLT

Yes, use honest weights and measures, so that you will enjoy a long life in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

You shall have only a full and honest weight; you shall have only a full and honest measure, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

A full and just weight you shall have, a full and just measure you shall have; that your days may be prolonged in the land which the Lord your God gives you.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

life in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

English Tyndale 1537

But thou shalt have a perfect and a just measure: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.